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Cadre   /kˈædri/   Listen
Cadre

noun
(Written also cader)
1.
A small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement.  Synonym: cell.
2.
A nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion.





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"Cadre" Quotes from Famous Books



... Story-teller, probably to relieve the monotony of the Constables' histories, here returns to the original cadre. We must not forget that in the Bresl. Edit. the Nights are running on, and that the charming queen is relating ...
— Supplemental Nights, Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton
... various times every possible place: signalling officer, intelligence officer, platoon commander, company commander, adjutant, 2nd in command, and finished up in command of what was called "the cadre." For some time, too, he was attached to the brigade staff, and when we add that he excelled in every position separately and distinctly, and won the admiration and love of all, we may spare him further embarrassment ...
— The Fifth Leicestershire - A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, - T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. • J.D. Hills
... includes a land-based Troop Command and a small Coast Guard; the primary role of the land element is to defend the island against external aggression; the Command consists of a single, part-time battalion with a small regular cadre that is deployed throughout the island; it increasingly supports the police in patrolling the coastline to prevent smuggling and ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States


Words linked to "Cadre" :   military machine, political movement, political unit, armed forces, sleeper cell, nucleus, military, cell, war machine, core, terrorist cell, core group, radical cell, armed services, political entity


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